Oregon kidnapping suspect arrested Saturday in Arcata

An Oregon man was arrested in Arcata Saturday by a California Highway Patrol officer on suspicion of kidnapping his 1-year-old daughter from a supervised visit.

The Eugene Police Department issued an Amber Alert that morning stating that Angelo Luis Muniz, 47, of Lebanon, Ore., was suspected of abducting his daughter Perfection Angelas while on a supervised visit at a Oregon Department of Human Services facility, according to a press release. The police department's information reportedly said Muniz suffered from mental disorders and substance abuse.

Oregon authorities suspected Muniz was on his way to Mexico and was traveling down the coast in a 1991 Mazda pickup truck, the release said. Humboldt CHP Officer Jeramie Bowen monitored the Amber Alert broadcast and set up his vehicle southbound on U.S. Highway 101 near Bracut. Bowen saw the suspect vehicle pass him at 1:35 p.m. and he began to follow it. CHP Officer Paul Craft responded to assist Bowen.

Bowen conducted an enforcement stop in the parking lot of Target in Eureka. The release said the suspect and victim were not located in the vehicle, which was occupied by two women, Lorie Garza Ramirez and Julie Christina Raas.

After obtaining information from the women, Bowen went to Arcata, where he found Muniz and the girl at Redwood Park, the release said. Muniz was arrested on a warrant issued for the alleged kidnapping. The girl was taken into protective custody.

Raas was taken into custody on suspicion of delaying and obstructing officers during the investigation, the release said. The child appeared to be unharmed and in good health and she is in the protective custody of the Oregon Department of Human Services.